Editing Tswana Kingdom

[[Image:Subsaharan-africa.png|thumb|400px|Subsaharan Africa]]

==Overview==
A southern African kingdom, a conglomerate of tribes previously found in the area united under the leadership of King [[Mokhachane I (d)]] as an alliance against the slave taking of Europeans and other African tribes. Officialy, it was founded in 1807.

The Tswana Kingdom is notable even among African nations for its practice of elephant breeding. As other nations herd and breed cows or sheep, the Tswana Kingdom have bred elephants for size and docility to provide food for its large dragon population.

==Dragon rearing practices==

Among the tribes of the Tswana Kingdom, the common practice is for dragons in the shell to be cared for as the vessels for the reincarnation of tribal elders. The eggs are told stories of "their" previous life, and are accepted as part of the family they are to be born into. After hatching these dragons share the local belief that they are the reincarnation of the departed elders and will refer to the still living members of their previous families as wives or children and so on. See [[Dragon eggs]] for additional details.

==Mosi oa Tunya==

For the various tribes of the region, [[Mosi-oa-Tunya]] was the ceremonial capital. It had a dramatic scenery because of the enormous falls and deep gorges. With time, in the steep cliff walls people and dragons drilled a series of caves which were meant to provide shelter. The place was also used for gold-mining.

In 1804 [[Mokhachane I (d)]] gained control over Mosi oa Tunya and was acknowledged as the king.

== Attack ==
After [[William Laurence]] pointed out [[Mosi-oa-Tunya]] on a map to the French, as the location of the cure for the [[Dragon Plague]], a French expedition was sent to Africa. Later, it was revealed that the French not only secured the mushroom, but that they gave the Tswana Kingdom aid in the search for their missing people. The dragons were carried across the Atlantic by the French and attacked several strategic slaving ports, including [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro Rio]. It is assumed that [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] intended to keep his European enemies (particularly Spain and Portugal) busy fighting off the raids in their colonies, as he invaded those countries. {{expand}}

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